After a series of long and cloudy December days the sun came back for it's last hurrah. We celebrated the Holidays at the Lake with good food, warm campfires and card games into the wee hours.
The sun sets so far to the southwest at this time of year that I needed to go out onto the ice to get a photo. In spite of recent warm weather, ice fishermen in the family reported that the ice is about a foot thick. I was pleasantly surprised to find areas in excellent condition for ice skating.
A few minutes later my son headed out to take his final Smith Lake sunset of 2014. As he was lying on the ice taking the shot he felt a rumble and nearly shot into the air as the ice boomed, expanded and shifted underneath him. The sounds from the frozen lake are so unique and unexpected - a low, rumbling growl like a 50's roadster in the distance making a single slow engine rev.
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